The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-22

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Lady Hayter, the Liberal hostess, and
Lady Stanhope, the Conservative" host
ess, have both opened their salons during
the month for party" functions.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts gave
large party on March 10th. The floral
display was particularly noticeable. The
house is not large, but is filled with the
rarest curios and china and the most
charming pictures. About 500 invita-
ITEMS were issued. Amongst the guests
were the Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs.
Stansfield, Sir Francis and Lady Aston,
Hon. Kenneth Howard, the Turkish Am
bassador, Mr.. Sidney Hoffnung, Secretary
of the Hawaiian Legation; NJ. de la
Chausse and many others.
The same evening the Princess of Wales
gave a large ball for children at MARI
borough House, to celebrate the 24th an
.niversary of their wedding. Next year
this popular Royal pair will celebrate
their silver wedding, and there is no doubt
that the presents and rejOicings on that
occasion will equal, if they do not alto
gether excel, anything that is at all likely
to be seen at the more public ceremonial
OF the Queens jubilee. The Prince OF
Wales popularity extends far beyond
British domlnions whilst the Princess is
looked upon as the best of princesses,
the most noble and charming OF women.
The English Royal Family, and more
especially the Prince of Wales, is noted
for its wonderful recollection of faces
once seen. An evidence of this was no
ticeable at the last levee. Colonel George
Macfarlane was presented to the Prince
by the Hawaiian Charge d'Afaires. The
Prince recognized him at once, and shook
him cordially by the hand. 1t is nearly
six years since Colonel Macfarlane was
privately presented to the Prince of Wales
at Marlborough House, at the time of the
Kings visit to London.
The Pope celebrates the jubilee of his
entering into Holy Orders this year. The
offerings which the Holy Father will re-
ceive on the occasion OF his Sacerdotal Jul
bilee WILL the Tablet" says, be of the most
varied and costly kind, and from all lands.
The Sultan has already forwarded by the
Armenian Patriarch, Peter Antony X,
his superb gift of a ring in brilliantS, es-
timated at a value of over "a 600 The
Empress of China and the Queen Regent
of Spain will also send presents of SPLEEN
did character. The Emperor William is
having a piece of rich jewelry made at
Berlin for a like purpose. 1t has already
been stated that Queen Victoria's gift will
take the form of sumptuOusly bound
copy of the "Vulgate." President Grevy,
notwithstanding his recent offerings, will
g., -
papers, send another splendid Sevres vase
and inkstand. At quite another end of
the world and of the social scale, Padre
Antonio Riccardi, one of Dom Bosco's
missionaries i'll Patagonia, writes from
Darmen that the various Indian tribes of
the Rio Negro are engaged in preparing
several objects of native make and use as
their offerings to the Sovereign Pontff,
and these curious articles are destined to
figure in the forthcoming Vatican exhibit
ton side by side with the princely gifts of
Eastern and Western potentates.
The Emperor of Germany celebrates his
ninetieth birthday on the 22d instant. A
vast concourse of royalties, including the
King and Queen of Roumania, the Prince
of Wales and the Crown Prince of Aus
tria, have already gone to Berlin to per-
sonally congratulate the venerable Mon
arch.
The series of articles on the Great
Powers in the "Fortnightly Review" still
continues. This month Russia is treated
with very rare knowledge of the subject.
Bolingbroke, says Sir Edward Greasy in
his Great Battles of the World" stated
that Russia was a country, the knowledge
of whose position was not essential to an
English statesman, yet but minute, as it
were, in the life of nation, has passed
and Russia appears as one of the mightiest
of the Great Powers of the World. The
writer examines infinitely the military
power of Russia; the causes of the antag-
onlsm between England and Russia. He
points to the probable scene of war be-
tween these two nations and its ultimate
consequences.
A very good story is going the rounds
of the London clubs. At large dinner
party a question of heiresses arose-and
on an Irish heiress in particular. 'She
has no conversation at all, ;" said one lady
''She talks of nothing but her dress" re-
marked another. Eyes, added an elderly
gentleman, 81 wonder what she would
be like without her dress?"